Kids Will Be Too Fat To Fight

Our kids are becoming too fat to fight... so says a group of US military leaders in Washington yesterday. The trending toward obesity is so significant, it's reportedly become a national security issue.

"When over a quarter of young adults are too fat to fight, we need to take notice," Barnett said. He noted that national security in the year 2030 is "absolutely dependent" on reversing child obesity rates."

Now that's saying something... potentially headed toward not having enough people to defend our country. As well, consider that the military speaking out about childhood obesity and the quality of school lunch meals may not be such a bad thing. As the article goes on to remind us, it is because of the military's issue with poorly nourished recruits that we have a national school lunch program today. School lunches were supplied for our national security back in 1946. What about now? And, what about all the other contributors to the "obesity epidemic", besides lunch?

Nevertheless, perhaps the military's input will produce some changes in the program they've touted since its inception as a national security need. Maybe now it will get supported and funded as if it is "a need". Read the story for yourself and comment below.

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Report links school lunches to national security
By MARY CLARE JALONICK (AP) – April 20, 2009

WASHINGTON — Too fat to fight? Many American children are so overweight from being fed french fries, pizza and other unhealthy foods at school lunchrooms that they cannot handle the physical rigors of being in the military, a group of retired officers say in a new report. [Continued at --- http://goo.gl/ML8P ]